Monday, June 9, 2025

RFK Jr. ousts CDC's entire vaccine advisory committee

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends an event on the South Lawn of the White House.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cdc-vaccines-committee-rfk-1.7556780?cmp=rss

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into 2 companies

The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus in Atlanta, Georgia.

Warner Bros. Discovery said it would split into two publicly traded companies, separating its studios and streaming business from its fading cable television networks as the parent company of HBO and CNN looks to improve competition in the streaming era.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/warner-bros-discovery-split-two-companies-1.7556512?cmp=rss

U.S. travel restrictions officially in effect for 19 countries

Several people are shown in an airport terminal scene walking with luggage.

A new proclamation, which U.S. President Donald Trump signed last week, bans citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also imposes heightened restrictions on seven other countries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-travel-ban-begins-1.7555910?cmp=rss